The 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup was the 33rd season of Croatia's football knockout competition. It was sponsored by the betting company SuperSport and known as the SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup for sponsorship purposes.
Clubs in the competition are financially supported through television and sponsorship rights, with total fund of €190,000.
The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their eighth and second consecutive title the previous year by defeating their rivals Šibenik in the final.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Financial sponsorship Goals / games Preliminary round 30 August 2023 16 48 → 32 32 €1,200 (home) / €1,000 (guest)82 / 16 Round of 32 27 September 2023 16 32 → 16 16 €2,000 (home)61 / 16Round of 16 1 November 2023 8 16 → 8 none €2,500 (home)31 / 8Quarter-finals 28 February 2024 4 8 → 4 none €4,000 (home)11 / 4Semi-finals 3 April 2024 2 4 → 2 none €6,000 (home) / €6,000 (guest)2 / 2Final 15 and 30 May 2024 1 2 → 1 none €20,000 (winner) / €7,600 (runner up)4 / 2
Participating clubs The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:
Best clubs by cup coefficient16 clubs Winners and runners up of county cups32 clubs Rijeka Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Lokomotiva Osijek Istra 1961 Gorica Slaven Belupo Šibenik Rudeš Varaždin Jaska Vinogradar BSK Bijelo Brdo Oriolik Cibalia Zagreb Osijek-Baranja County cup winner: Vardarac Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: Belišće Zagreb County cup winner: Dugo Selo Zagreb County cup runner up: Tigar Sveta Nedelja Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Omladinac Staro Topolje Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Omladinac Gornja Vrba Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Vukovar 1991 Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Graničar Županja Međimurje County cup winner: Graničar Kotoriba Međimurje County cup runner up: Međimurec Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Radnik Križevci Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Tomislav Drnje Istria County cup winner: Jadran Poreč Istria County cup runner up: Rudar Labin Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Moslavina Kutina Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Libertas Novska Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Pitomača Virovitica-Podravina County cup runner up: Papuk Varaždin County cup winner: Jalžabet Varaždin County cup runner up: Novi Marof Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Mladost Ždralovi Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup runner up: Bilogora 91 Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Croatia Zmijavci City of Zagreb cup winner: Ponikve Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Grobničan Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: Kutjevo Zadar County cup winner: Primorac Biograd na Moru Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: Jadran LP Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Zagorec Krapina Šibenik-Knin County cup winner: Zagora Unešić Lika-Senj County cup winner: Gospić '91
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 19 July 2023 and the matches were played on 30 August 2023.
Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1Gospić 91 2–4Kutjevo2*** Dugo Selo 2–2 (4–2 p)Pitomača3**Tigar Sveta Nedjelja0–2Omladinac Gornja Vrba4***Papuk Osječko 16641–29Grobničan5****Tomislav Drnje1–4Jadran LP6Vukovar 19914–0Graničar Kotoriba7Vardarac1–2 (aet)Karlovac 19198Jalžabet1–3Moslavina9Bilogora 910–2Ponikve10Jadran Poreč2–1Mladost Ždralovi11*Rudar Labin2–3Zagora Unešić12Graničar Županja0–3Croatia Zmijavci13Zagorec Krapina1–0Omladinac Staro Topolje14Belišće3–0Novi Marof15Primorac BnM0–2 (aet)Radnik Križevci16Libertas1–0Međimurec * Match played on 19 August. ** Match played on 22 August. *** Matches played on 29 August. **** Match played on 31 August.
Round of 32 The draw was determined according to the principle of opposite numbers, which were assigned based on the club coefficient. Most matches were played on 27 September 2023.
Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1***Libertas0–9Rijeka2*Omladinac Gornja Vrba 0–6Hajduk Split3Ponikve1–4Dinamo Zagreb4***Kutjevo1–4Osijek5Dugo Selo0–1Lokomotiva6**Moslavina2–4Slaven Belupo7Zagora Unešić0–2Istra 19618Radnik Križevci4–3 (aet)Šibenik9Zagorec Krapina0–2Gorica10***Grobničan0–0 (3–5 p)Varaždin11Croatia Zmijavci0–1Rudeš12Vukovar 19914–1BSK Bijelo Brdo13Karlovac 19192–1Jaska Vinogradar14Jadran Poreč0–0 (3–4 p)Oriolik15Jadran LP2–1Belišće16***Cibalia6–0Zagreb * Match played on 13 September.<br/ > ** Match played on 20 September.<br/ > *** Matches played on 26 September.
Round of 16 The draw was determined according to the principle of opposite numbers, which were assigned based on the club coefficient. The matches were played on 1 November 2023.
Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1***Cibalia1–3Rijeka2*Jadran LP0–2Hajduk Split3Oriolik0–8Dinamo Zagreb4*Karlovac 19190–1Osijek5**Vukovar 19911–2Lokomotiva6*Rudeš3–1Slaven Belupo7***Varaždin3–2Istra 19618Gorica4–0Radnik Križevci * Matches played on 31 October.<br/ > ** Match played on 29 November.<br/ > *** Matches played on 5 December.
Quarter-finals The draw was held on 11 December 2023. The matches were scheduled for 28 February 2024.
Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1*Hajduk Split5–0Varaždin2Dinamo Zagreb4–0Gorica3*Lokomotiva1–0Osijek4Rudeš0–1Rijeka * Matches played on 27 February.
Semi-finals The semi-finals were played on 3 April 2024, while the draw was held on 4 March 2024.
Final
The first match of the final was played on 15 May 2024, and the second was played on 22 May 2024.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate
Top scorers Final ranking of top scorers. RankPlayerClubGoals1 Dražen PilčićGrobničan102 Törles KnöllVukovar 19914 Franjo IvanovićRijeka Sandro KulenovićDinamo Zagreb5 Filip BatareloGrobničan3 Patrik Srzentić Josip Drmić Dinamo Zagreb826 players from 16 clubs2
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